BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: \;\nURBANIZEDin collaboration with the Newport Architect ural Forum\, the City of Newport and the van Beuren Charitable Foundatio nThursday\, May 175:30pm film\, 7:00pm conversation with community leade rs\, light food &\; cocktails at Casino Theater (9 Freebody Street)$1 0 general admissionbuy ticketswatch trailer"...fascinating\, idea-packe d.... Urbanized survey[s] both the challenges and promises facing some of the world's important cities.... It is worth venturing out of your room\, climbing on your bike or boarding a low-emissions bus and figh ting your way through a crowd to see." - NY TIMESUrbanized \;is a documentary about the design of cities\, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world&rsquo\;s foremost architects\, planners\, policymakers\, builders\, and thinke rs. Over half the world&rsquo\;s population now lives in an urban area \, and 75% will call a city home by 2050. But while some cities are ex periencing explosive growth\, others are shrinking. By exploring a dive rse range of urban design projects around the world\, \;Urbanized frames a global discussion on the future of cities.\nSome of the many gr oups that that will be participating in an informal cocktail party disc ussion that will follow the screening... \; \;\nAquidneck Land T rust - Ted Clement \;\nBike Newport \; - Bari George  \;\nCi ty of Newport - Paige Bronk\nFriends of the Waterfront - Jim Perrier&nbs p\;\nNewport Architectural Forum - Ross Cann \;\nNewport Housing Aut hority - Jim Reed\nNewport Tree Society - Lilly Dick \;  \;\nRIP TA - Mark Therrien \; \;  \;\nWashington Square Roots - Liz Drayton \;  \; \;\nAnd more.... URL:http://middletown.patch.com/events/newportfilm-presents-urbanzed-with -newport-architectual-forum-city-of-newport-van-beuren-charitable-founda tion SUMMARY:newportFILM presents URBANZED with Newport Architectual Forum\, C ity of Newport &\; van Beuren Charitable Foundation LOCATION:9 Freebody St\, Newport\, RI 02840: 9 Freebody St\, Newport\, RI END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR